Challenges and Opportunities for the Pope

Thirty-five years ago, theologian Hans Küng wrote a book about the papacy, “Infallible?” Today, said the Rev. Thomas O’Meara, O.P., a pertinent book would be titled “Alone?”

O’Meara, who gave the ninth annual Monsignor John R. Portman Lecture in Roman Catholic Theology on Nov. 18, called for more dialogue between the Vatican and cardinals, bishops and priests, as well as theologians and lay people on the future of the church.